Help! Monitor Suggestions

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Raggy

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I really need your guys opinions. I need a new monitor for my powermac g4.
it has adc and vga, nvidia geforce 4 mx.
I had a 21" apple cinema, need something the same size.

What do you guys use? Im looking to spend up to $600.

I dont mean to post again about this but I need to buy this very soon. So any help would be awesome.
 
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Go for the Dell 2005FPW. It uses the same LCD pannels as the Apple one and its just a better monitor! HD inputs, comes with VGA, DVI and component cables too. Its awesome. You can get them for $479 right now at Dell.com shipped. Its a 20" widescreen.
 
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For about that same price you can also gt a 20.1" Samsung at either Best Buy or Sams. 1600x1200 resolution, dual inputs etc.....
 
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Acill said:
Go for the Dell 2005FPW. It uses the same LCD pannels as the Apple one and its just a better monitor! HD inputs, comes with VGA, DVI and component cables too. Its awesome. You can get them for $479 right now at Dell.com shipped. Its a 20" widescreen.
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It has the DVI-D. I know they make a DVI-ADC converter but do they make one for the DVI-D?
 
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sandals1621 said:
For about that same price you can also gt a 20.1" Samsung at either Best Buy or Sams. 1600x1200 resolution, dual inputs etc.....
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I see the Samsung has DVI-I yet another different one. is there a converter for that as well?
 
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Acill said:
Go for the Dell 2005FPW. It uses the same LCD pannels as the Apple one and its just a better monitor! HD inputs, comes with VGA, DVI and component cables too. Its awesome. You can get them for $479 right now at Dell.com shipped. Its a 20" widescreen.
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Oh and I forgot to ask also will my nvidia geforce 4 mx 64mb run the monitor alright?
 
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Not sure if you are after LCD or CRT but the best CRT monitor I can recommend to you is the Sony GDM-FW900. 24" Widescreen CRT, max resolution is 2304x1440, optimum resolution is 1920x1200. Silver coloured, beuatiful colour reproduction, it does weigh a ton though and needs a little room :flower:

But beyond that; it is a beautiful monitor, the colour repdroduction does it for me!

Vicky
 
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lil said:
Not sure if you are after LCD or CRT but the best CRT monitor I can recommend to you is the Sony GDM-FW900. 24" Widescreen CRT, max resolution is 2304x1440, optimum resolution is 1920x1200. Silver coloured, beuatiful colour reproduction, it does weigh a ton though and needs a little room :flower:

But beyond that; it is a beautiful monitor, the colour repdroduction does it for me!

Vicky
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I'm actually looking for a LCD, but thanks for the suggestion.
 
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About the different DVIs:
DVI-D means it has only digital signal, and can only connect to a monitor with DVI-D or DVI-I input. You can't use a DVI-to-VGA-adapter on DVI-D.
DVI-A has only analog signal (rarely found anywhere)
DVI-I Has both, digital AND analog signal, and therefore can use a DVI-to-VGA adaptor to connect to a VGA monitor.

The ADC port is basically a DVI-I connector with additional pins for USB and power for the monitor. There is an adapter from ADC to DVI, which is DVI-I actually.
 
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Avalon said:
About the different DVIs:
DVI-D means it has only digital signal, and can only connect to a monitor with DVI-D or DVI-I input. You can't use a DVI-to-VGA-adapter on DVI-D.
DVI-A has only analog signal (rarely found anywhere)
DVI-I Has both, digital AND analog signal, and therefore can use a DVI-to-VGA adaptor to connect to a VGA monitor.

The ADC port is basically a DVI-I connector with additional pins for USB and power for the monitor. There is an adapter from ADC to DVI, which is DVI-I actually.
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So the Dell 2005FPW had DVI-D, so if the adapter is ADC to DVI (DVI-I) what do I uses with this Dell to hook it from its DVI-D to my ADC.

I don't want to get the monitor home and find out I'm missing something.
 

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